The Friends of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve organises activities and events to help raise awareness of the Reserve. These include monthly guided walks, talks on a wide range of wildlife topics and surveys of the reserve. Events are free and open to all unless otherwise stated.
Please phone if you have any special needs, in particular, regarding the use of wheelchairs and pushchairs. (Visitors’ Centre: 01480 406795)
Visitors are advised to wear suitable clothing for outdoor events with strong boots or shoes, and hats in the summer sun.
Events in January 2020
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New Year’s Day Ice Breaker
New Year’s Day Ice Breaker
1 January, 2020Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Friends of Paxton Pits
Join us to celebrate the New Year with some wildlife watching at the nature reserve. All are welcome.
Please note: due to a change in timetable, there will now only be one walk:
10:30am - Tick ‘n’ Twitch
How many kinds of bird can you see? 20? - 30? We are aiming for 50!
Pay 10 pence for each bird species seen.
Don’t forget your binoculars and your money!£2.50 per person, pay on the day
Paxton Pits Visitor CentreHigh StreetLittle PaxtonSt Neots, PE19 6ETUnited Kingdom -
FPPNR Work Party - East Scrub
FPPNR Work Party - East Scrub
9 January, 2020Nightingale habitat improvement.The work programme continues with many of our old favourites but with an emphasis on improving habitat on the Reserve for our warblers, including our famous but declining nightingales. Recent research highlighted at a nightingale conference earlier this year has given fresh insight into habitat requirements and it is now clear we need to work on a significantly larger area for successful habitat improvement. We will also continue to work on maintaining viewpoints and access routes for the various bird surveys we
complete and maintaining the bird ringing net runs.- No previous experience is needed.
- We’ll show you how to do the work.
- Range of tasks to suit all abilities, energies and ages.
- Meet new friends who also enjoy wildlife and the open air.
- Find out how management benefits wildlife.
- Tools, safety equipment and refreshments are provided.
Creating a barrier where the ground is too poor for a live hedge.All work parties start at 9.30 a.m. at the Visitor Centre and go through to somewhere around 1.00 p.m.Work parties with a (Q) notation are accessed through the quarry so you need to be at the Visitor Centre by 0930 to pick up transport. There is no other access to the quarry.Bad weather alert system. We operate an email alert system where a note will be sent one or two days before the work party if there is a probability of cancellation.If you have any questions concerning this Programme, please contact Mike Thomas (01480 387749), or Trevor Coughlan (trevcoughlan@hotmail.co.uk).Paxton Pits Visitor CentreHigh StreetLittle PaxtonSt Neots, PE19 6ETUnited Kingdom -
FPPNR Work Party - East Scrub
FPPNR Work Party - East Scrub
12 January, 2020Nightingale habitat improvement.The work programme continues with many of our old favourites but with an emphasis on improving habitat on the Reserve for our warblers, including our famous but declining nightingales. Recent research highlighted at a nightingale conference earlier this year has given fresh insight into habitat requirements and it is now clear we need to work on a significantly larger area for successful habitat improvement. We will also continue to work on maintaining viewpoints and access routes for the various bird surveys we
complete and maintaining the bird ringing net runs.- No previous experience is needed.
- We’ll show you how to do the work.
- Range of tasks to suit all abilities, energies and ages.
- Meet new friends who also enjoy wildlife and the open air.
- Find out how management benefits wildlife.
- Tools, safety equipment and refreshments are provided.
Creating a barrier where the ground is too poor for a live hedge.All work parties start at 9.30 a.m. at the Visitor Centre and go through to somewhere around 1.00 p.m.Work parties with a (Q) notation are accessed through the quarry so you need to be at the Visitor Centre by 0930 to pick up transport. There is no other access to the quarry.Bad weather alert system. We operate an email alert system where a note will be sent one or two days before the work party if there is a probability of cancellation.If you have any questions concerning this Programme, please contact Mike Thomas (01480 387749), or Trevor Coughlan (trevcoughlan@hotmail.co.uk).Paxton Pits Visitor CentreHigh StreetLittle PaxtonSt Neots, PE19 6ETUnited Kingdom -
FPPNR Work Party - Pumphouse Pit Q
FPPNR Work Party - Pumphouse Pit Q
26 January, 2020Clearing willow from the Drain banks.The work programme continues with many of our old favourites but with an emphasis on improving habitat on the Reserve for our warblers, including our famous but declining nightingales. Recent research highlighted at a nightingale conference earlier this year has given fresh insight into habitat requirements and it is now clear we need to work on a significantly larger area for successful habitat improvement. We will also continue to work on maintaining viewpoints and access routes for the various bird surveys we
complete and maintaining the bird ringing net runs.- No previous experience is needed.
- We’ll show you how to do the work.
- Range of tasks to suit all abilities, energies and ages.
- Meet new friends who also enjoy wildlife and the open air.
- Find out how management benefits wildlife.
- Tools, safety equipment and refreshments are provided.
Creating a barrier where the ground is too poor for a live hedge.All work parties start at 9.30 a.m. at the Visitor Centre and go through to somewhere around 1.00 p.m.Work parties with a (Q) notation are accessed through the quarry so you need to be at the Visitor Centre by 0930 to pick up transport. There is no other access to the quarry.Bad weather alert system. We operate an email alert system where a note will be sent one or two days before the work party if there is a probability of cancellation.If you have any questions concerning this Programme, please contact Mike Thomas (01480 387749), or Trevor Coughlan (trevcoughlan@hotmail.co.uk).Paxton Pits Visitor CentreHigh StreetLittle PaxtonSt Neots, PE19 6ETUnited Kingdom